Today's News

An off-duty deputy shot and killed a “dangerous” pet dog March 8 in Shallotte, according to a Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office news release.

According to the release, an email was sent at 10:20 a.m. Thursday to River Hills subdivision residents regarding a possible wild animal roaming near Pine Hill Drive. Residents reported seeing an animal described as a wolf or coyote with another unidentified animal in its mouth and blood on its face.

Each is charged with trafficking heroin, conspiracy to traffic cocaine and possession with intent to manufacture, sell or deliver heroin, according to a District Attorney’s Office news release issued Tuesday afternoon.

An Ash woman was among three arrested last week on drug charges in Horry County, S.C.

Koceanna Freeman, 27, was arrested March 8 and charged with trafficking heroin, trafficking crack cocaine, trafficking cocaine, possession of a weapon during a violent crime and possession with intent to distribute marijuana.

The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality is inviting additional public feedback on rules drafted to better protect public health and the environment when coal ash wastes are disposed of and recycled.

DEQ has extended its informal public comment period on the draft rules from March 22 until April 6. The state agency has also scheduled a fourth public meeting to enable people to provide additional comments on the rules at 6 p.m. March 27 in Ballroom A at the Gastonia Conference Center at 145 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Way in Gastonia.